Category & Tag Caps

An add-on for the Members WordPress plugin that creates a suite of capabilities for managing core WordPress categories and tags.

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What Does the Add-on Do?

By default, the core WordPress category and tag taxonomies are tied directly to the manage_categories (for managing, editing, and deleting) and edit_posts (for assigning to posts) capabilities. This is not ideal if you need more precise control over which roles can manage, edit, delete and/or assign terms.

This plugin creates unique capabilities for both categories and tags, providing that precise control that you might need.

The following capabilities are created for categories:

• Manage Categories (manage_categories) – Allows access to the Posts > Categories admin screen.
• Edit Categories (edit_categories) – Allows users to edit categories.
• Delete Categories (delete_categories) – Allows users to delete categories.
• Assign Categories (assign_categories) – Allows users to assign categories to posts.

The following capabilities are created for tags:

• Manage Tags (manage_post_tags) – Allows access to the Posts > Tags admin screen.
• Edit Tags (edit_post_tags) – Allows users to edit tags.
• Delete Tags (delete_post_tags) – Allows users to delete tags.
• Assign Tags (assign_post_tags) – Allows users to assign categories to tags.

Other Use Cases

Aside from control over the above-listed capabilities, this add-on makes it easy to make sure users cannot create posts with categories/tags that you don’t want.

To accomplish this task, make sure the user doesn’t have a role with the assign_* capability. Then, as a site administrator, you can manually assign the categories/tags that you want. The user without the appropriate assign_* capability won’t be able to assign or edit the categories/tags added to the post.

Plugin Usage

To use the plugin, make sure you have the Members plugin installed and activated first. Once you activate the “Members – Category and Tag Caps” add-on, it will automatically add all of the custom capabilities to the Administrator role.

From that point, you can uses Members’ built-in role manager (Users > Roles) to add capabilities via the “Taxonomies” tab to any role that you want.